Nitrogen use efficiency in rapeseed. A review

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Bouchet, Anne Sophie ^a   Laperche, Anne ^b   Bissuel Belaygue, Christine ^b   Snowdon, Rod ^c   Nesi, Nathalie ^a   Stahl, Andreas ^c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Universite Rennes 1   (France)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; Genetic diversity; Genomic selection; Nitrogen losses; Nitrogen remobilization; Nitrogen uptake efficiency (NUpE); Nitrogen utilization efficiency (NUtE); Yield

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANOLA; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GENETIC VARIATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PHENOTYPE; REMOBILIZATION; WATER POLLUTION;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA RAPA;

EID: 84975824312     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-016-0371-0     Document Type: Review

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